Adult Education in the American Experience: From the Colonial Period to the Present

Title: Adult Education in the American Experience: From the Colonial Period to the PresentAuthor(s): Harold Stubblefield, Patrick KeanePublisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San FranciscoISBN: 0787900257, Pages: 397, Year: 1994Search for book at Amazon.com

The authors
have tried to fill a noticeable gap in the literature of adult
education with this historical survey of educative activities for
adults in America. Earlier histories by M. S. Knowles (1977), H. C.
Grattan (1971), and J. T. Adams (1944) were limited in their
definition of the field, lacked inclusiveness, and were dated in
perspective. This book provides a wealth of descriptive information
about ways adults have pursued their education. However, we still
await a history with a strong conceptual base that both reflects
our understanding of what adult education means and,
simultaneously, contributes to the development of that
meaning.
The wide range of activities discussed is the striking feature
of the volume. The authors relate numerous means of learning,
formal and informal, as they became activities through which people
or organizations sought to meet their goals.
Defining adult education has frequently been a challenge, and it
has often been difficult to see what is not included. The authors
tell us that to identify what is... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

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